Runners that need some nutritional accountability

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  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    @reddmobile OMG, how did you not lose your *kitten* while there! I hear how our medical community is just so done. My jerk neighbor is/was an ER doctor and he just left for the "admin" side. It is sad since there is often no one to complain to.

    @swenson19d I could never let my cats be outdoor cats. We are surrounded by coyotes and my nerves could never take it.

    @shanaber I am glad you are getting something, but yeah, unless the person had everything buttoned up nice and tight, I would not want to be an executor.


    I enjoyed my 4 day weekend, it actually felt really long! DH cooked the $100 prime rib and it came out fantastic. We had some good sides and all in all it was a relaxing day. We were really thrown off because we feel like mom died the day after thanksgiving, but we failed to remember it was a rotating date. DH teleworked on Friday and I went off to the Goodwill's who were having their one and only 50% off sale for the whole year. I got about 50 items to sell. I had to come home and wash my car b/c someone had written profanities in the dust :angry: When I did that, I realized that the water spots on my car were not coming off. The well water the base switched to is pure limestone. We have to switch out our drinking water filter every 7 days.

    On Saturday morning DH got a text that his Tesla was ready for pick-up...well..hmmm. It was not supposed to be ready till June so we had not gotten any of the paperwork yet to trade in his car. He called and they were supper nice and unmatched us from that car and put us back at the top of the list. We spent the day cleaning and staying busy since I had an annoying countdown in my head of "mom had x hrs to live". In the process of cleaning I found a stack of mail DH had brought in a couple days prior, it just looked like random bank notices. Without looking I opened one and AND IT WAS FROM THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY...you know the one I had been fighting with for a year and they kept saying I was not the beneficiary but the trust was listed as the contingent beneficiary? The one I randomly filled out another form (the same one they have sending me for 6 months) to see what would happen 2 weeks ago? THEY SENT ME A CHECK!!! What the heck changed? IDK if maybe it was processed and someone didn't check? Or maybe the trust was never the beneficiary (that was always suspish). It paid for the house demo.

    Sunday DH and I went up to the ranch to take care of some things and and then went to lunch. We had made a grocery list as well.

    I am at my highest weight in 20 years, it has to stop. We bought all the fixings for snack pack lunches, cheese, crackers, veggies, fruit, nuts. DH loves those things and he used to buy them and eat them everyday. It will make it easier to just eat the same thing every day. Although when DH made our lunches I had to point out he put in 4 oz of cheese in each and that was 480 calories alone LOL.

    Well, I am deskless so I better keep moving around LOL


  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    Big hugs to you. I'm glad you were able to relax over the weekend and made it through the first anniversary of your mom's death. Those are hard days.

  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @swenson19d - Yea for Beary coming back home! It sure does sound like he went visiting or someone saw him and decided he needed a new home. We had some 'kids' take dd's cat from our front lawn. She was a beautiful siamese and had tags. We had been searching and searching and talking to everyone in the neighborhood. One of our neighbors thought they saw the kids pick her up, maybe just to pet her and then they were gone. When went to the house and spoke to an adult they were like, No we haven't seen your cat and have no cat in our house... A couple of hours later the kids walked back in our cul-de-sac and she magically reappeared.
    So glad Kevin did so well with all the family and kids. That is awesome. Did Sandy get to go too?

    @CMorning99 - hugs to you for making in through the anniversary weekend, It had to have been so tough! Glad you got the insurance check finally! That was a battle you really didn't need.
    What kinds of things do you resell? Other than the things from Hilde's house I have never tried to sell much online and don't think I would have the patience to deal with all the flaky people. I did buy a pair of my one of my favorite non-running Topo shoes on e-bay last week for $30. The seller listed them as used and didn't respond to my questions but for the price I figured it was worth taking a chance. Ends up they are brand new and never been worn.
    I am going to try selling some of dh's Star Wars collectables that he has decided he no longer wants. I figure someone may want them for Christmas.

    I am back to eating more normally, although I did have pumpkin pie for breakfast this morning.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    I have some time LOL

    @shanaber I mainly sell used clothing I find in thrift shops but have been trying to branch into hard goods. I started off cleaning out my closet, I went on a huge shopping spree back in 2017 when I had lost so much weight and then gained it all back. I was googling how to sell the stuff and I came across all these people selling on ebay, poshmark, etc. I thought that looked fun and I was hooked after my first thrifting trip LOL Today I sold a Burberry's basic skirt for $100 to Australia...I think I found it on 75% day off at a thrift store so probably paid $2 for it. But I am really reluctant to sell on FB marketplace. I watch a lot of other resellers sell there and seem to do well, definitely a very low price point and I guess mailing is better than pick-up. So far I have had pretty good luck...haven't been scammed "yet". They always say never list anything you wouldn't feel bad about giving away LOL My goal is to make enough reselling to buy all the appliances in the new house.

    My replacement got his computer access today so I am officially fired. They don't have an office for me yet, so I have been "given" the lactation room with a laptop ... yeah. Hey there is a comfy couch in here. LOL But it is also right off the conference room so I get trapped a lot by meetings.

    Had my first "healthy lunch", it was sad. I need hummus or something or those raw veggies are not gonna be long in my rotation. But I need to figure out my gut issues, I have been so uncomfortable for a week now.

    Been listing to the Some Work All Play podcast, they are funny. Well, I guess that is about it when you they don't know what job to give you! The guy I am replacing has decided to stay till Feb now....


  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    @CMorning99 So what is your job now? Are they just trying to find something for you to do until you retire?

    @shanaber My niece's husband is crazy about Star Wars. I might be interested in something from the collection for him for Christmas. I know nothing about it, so would need your or your husband's expertise for a recommendation.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    @quilteryoyo I am still going to be overseeing the Commanders Support Staff, so admin stuff. The bottle neck is the guy I am replacing keeps changing his mind on when he is going to leave. It is funny too b/c I got him for the secret santa...the dude is a complete Eeyore!

    Yesterday was a pretty good day! Both DH and I set 1 "to do" and we both did ours. He switched his medical to here and I cancelled the insurance policy on mom's house....maybe I should have claimed the house disappeared LOL We had a lazy afternoon/evening and I worked on reselling for a bit. We had Trader Joes AMAZING tomato and red pepper soup with grilled cheese for dinner. DH found some hot sauce he is obsessed with and tried to put it on everything LOL

    Only a couple things to figure out for today. I need to make an appt with the clinic, I have 3 things I need/want to do. I need to get my shoulder documented officially. I need to get an appt for my hands, for years I get the sharpest miserable pain in my knuckles, both in the hand and middle part of the fingers. I am also considering going for my gut issues. I highly suspect the gas, cramps, etc are due to a food intolerance or imbalance. It happened to me once before, it was horrible, but it went away on it's own. I need to get some good probiotics. But what is a bit suspish is the mild pain is focused where my appendix was. I have never felt "right' in that area after that boondoogle of getting it removed and wonder if there is some scar tissue. Made me think, one of DHs friends sister had a baby in Oct, went back last week for pain and they did an xray and found a pair of scissors! I am sure that is not my issue, but still!?!

    Food was good yesterday, didn't track calories though. Today is a bit more sus as I wanted to get rid of some leftover thai, so that is for lunch. There isn't a lot though. But I have a 40 min easy run on the books.

    I was listening to the podcast last night Some work all play, and they did a great segment on under fueling. But by the end I was a bit annoyed bc I almost felt like they were "diet shaming" runners. They kept saying EAT PIZZA, EAT EAT EAT...I and wanted to yell back...Dude, that is not my problem, tell me how to lose weight without under fueling.

    Well, guess I better go see if there are any duties for me to take over yet....

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    @CMorning99 Glad things are going okay with you. That's crazy about the scissors though. It's a good thing she didn't need an MRI before they found it. Good grief. I hope you can get some answers for your pain too.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    Another day! I woke up kinda cranky today, not sure why.

    I left work early yesterday to go running and when I got home the maintenance guys were there to work on the hot water heater. It escalated quickly and soon they had torn my shower apart. They said the heater was fine, the issue was that the water is so hard here that the pipes and mechanisms turn to stone. In our case, the mineral deposit had built up so much in the cartridge in the shower handle, it was not letting thru enough water to turn on the instant hot water heater. When they replaced it, it is like standing under a jet of water LOL They also cleaned out our kitchen faucet and the guy pulled out all the "water saving crap" that he could and broke off a chunk of minerals and now our kitchen is the same! I asked him what it was doing to our washer and he just said that they don't fix appliances here, just replace them b/c of what the water does to them.....great. Our washer is only 4 years old.

    DH let me know he had been trying to call the DMV for 2 days about his title and he kept getting a message that the lines were busy and to call back the next day. A note about DH, he is so smart yet when it comes to common sense and life....he is about a 5 y/o. I called and just started pushing options and finally when one came up to get in queue for a call back, I joined...never mind it was to non-opt car, I got in (DH would not think of that). They actually called us back and said the title had been mailed to our old address but the DMV does not forward sensitive mail so we would have to apply for a replacement title. She was super helpful and we got everything in the mail today, hopefully we did it right.

    After all was said and done, I was done LOL! I was tired!

    Today my "to do" is to call that mobile home mover....again. I plan to go running this afternoon. I was cleaning out the pantry and found some pre-workout. I figure if I take of scoop of that as soon as I walk in the door, I wont get lazy LOL.

    Tomorrow I have court and then meet up to pay for the demo for the house. I also have to meet up with my handy man to go over what I want done with the tree guy and he is going to supervise for me. My tenant, for a good tenant she is know it all LOL She tried to tell my handyman that the almond and walnut trees he was cutting down were just dormant and not dead. She was half right. 1 of them was rotted. The other 2 maybe were alive but mom and not watered for years and as far as I know produced 1 almond and 1 walnut a year. No point in watering or caring for them. Handyman said, that is fine, but the boss wants them gone LOL. When we cleaned out all the big bushes around the tenants mobile home, we found stacks of buckets and odds and ends she had pulled out of the dumpsters that I had thrown away. DH asked what the chances were of her moving it to the mobile homes new location or if she was going to leave it for us to clean up. She has accumulated a lot of stuff, 2-3 patio sets, plants, pots....we shall see.

    Have a great day! 75 here and warm!
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    @CMorning99 re: not feeling right in the area of your late appendix: since having my ovary removed I have had weird sensations in that area of my gut - pretty sure it’s lingering nerve damage. They do have to cut their way in somehow. Hopefully no scissors in there!
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    Oh hey, the forums work on my app again! I stopped checking for awhile cuz I just got a blank white page!

    After my sports bra popped open halfway down my block the other day I need to get serious. It was a hook closure one so not like an elastic band popped open lol

    I am giving myself until March to get my clothes fitting better and if not, then I will start collecting clothes in larger sizes. Even though I hate shopping and like my current clothes lol
  • swenson19d
    swenson19d Posts: 789 Member
    edited December 2021
    Cori is so happy to have Bear back.
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    Kevin & Sandy watching the crows. Her ears are starting to stick out a bit more haha!
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    @RunsOnEspresso I hate clothes shopping too. I hope you don't have to buy more clothes, it's such a racket anyhow, everything is so expensive.

    We are in the last week of the semester so I am trying to get stuff done. The puppies are doing better about letting me do a bit of hw here and there, their naps are getting longer. Four months and 1 week they are 44 & 45 pounds... yikes!

    Dh is going to go to work for himself. No idea when he'll make that transition. He wants me to do his scheduling and appointment reminders. I suppose I can, it shouldn't be hard and it'd give me a purpose.

    @shanaber Demand barking.
    I met a woman at the dog park a few weeks ago and she suggested a squirt bottle. hehe 😈 it works. "STOP" and a squirt is all it takes. Kevin just kinda groans in this perplexed gruff. Seems he has interpreted it that it only applies when I am around, he still doest it to dh; who doesn't squirt him... 😵‍💫. Kevin barked at bob yesterday and immediately looked at me to see if I was going to squirt him. Then barked softer. This morning he came to wake me and did the softer bark. so, win! well, I still need dh to squirt him and say "STOP"
    Sandy...
    wants to mouth, chew, lick furniture and walls. I told my violin teacher and she suggested putting deodorant on it. You know dogs, they see one doing something and they all want to do it, even Maggie whose 11 has started it. Deo on the edge of my study table and Kevin decided that was horrid.

    Hope everyone is well!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @CMorning99 - would they allow you to put a water softener of some sort in, maybe just for the washer? I am sure all the hard water isn’t good for your clothes either.
    Also if you have AAA they can do the title submission and lots of other DMV related things for you. We never go into or try to call the DMV since AAA can handle most of what we need to do and they can check on things for us too. It took over a month though to get the title reissued when we were selling the van though.
    @RunsOnEspresso - when I first read your post I was thinking oh this isn’t good! I was hoping it didn’t pop when you were miles
    From home!
    I always go back to basics, measuring and logging and eating what I know worked well before. Not that I eat much differently now. I am up 2 lbs and am ok with that. I didn’t run or workout much in Oct/Nov with all that was going on but now I hope to get back into it consistently.
    @swenson19d - love the pictures! The pups are going to be big that is for sure. I have read about dogs who licked walls and soften toe plaster to where they could chew it. That and chewing on door and window frames. Maybe try redirecting Sandy to a chew toy? Sounds like Kevin gets the no barking command. I wish I could use a squirt bottle in the car. Hobbes always wants to bark at ‘someone’ he sees in a yard or whatever and it startled me. I hate it. He also barks at a knock on the door, a truck or even a car going by our house… I want him to bark but stop when I tell him enough. Clearly my training is only partially affective. I know he thinks he is protecting us, the house and the car.

    We are on our way to No CA. Going to have dinner with friends tonight and pickup dd at the airport tomorrow before heading further north. Hobbes has been asleep pretty much the entire drive - recovering from Beaux 😂
  • swenson19d
    swenson19d Posts: 789 Member
    @shanaber Enjoy your outing with dd. Glad you have a wore out, quite doggie. Kev just has an opinion to share all the time or he's a tattletale.

    Kevin (& Sandy), got baths tonight. This was the second day Kevin played in his water-mud hole, so I figured he really needed it. After the bath I gave him a jar of PB and noticed his coat is quite exceptional. Sandy is getting darker and some wave from withers to tail, which is completely curly-wavy.
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  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    @shanaber yes, getting back to basics is my plan!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    You can do it @RunsOnEspresso !
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    @shanaber We used to have AAA and never used it once in YEARS! I finally cancelled it probably 10 years ago. I have thought about going back since I have the travel trailer now and would like road side assistance. We have 3rd party satellite offices here that are fast and easy, but they charge their own fees.

    Yesterday was court day. I actually enjoy going and seeing folks, they are all so friendly and nice. The Detective who was the lead on the case was there for other cases and we sat and chatted about retirement stuff. Even the officer who found mom was there and he came by to say it was nice to see me again. As for court...I don't know if LS lawyer is an idiot or a smart snake. He didn't file the motion to be LS's court appointed attorney until 10:36pm the night before! He had known for TWO weeks! I don't know if that was laziness or if he was trying to rush the judge so he would just agree. He went into this long explanation talking about how LS "tried to hurt himself last week" and that as a result he "is being medicated for previously unknown mental conditions". And here we go. The DA was shocked he said that. I don't understand but he tried to explain that he should have never said that because it shows that he did not? have a mental condition at the time of the murder? Or that there was no reason to believe that any mental condition existed severe enough to warrant diagnosis previously? He said it opens up a HUGE evidence discovery burden on the defense. But also, it is sus b/c it was 1 week for an alleged diagnosis and then LS's attorney turns around and says it would be 6-8 months of psychiatric evaluation for an insanity plea. The DA is wondering if they have already started evaluations with a private doctor...which is expensive. The Detective said he would check visitation logs. The Judge (who the DA loves) was not pressured and will make his decision next Tuesday, but he said his initial ruling is the case goes back to the Public Defenders. I chuckled b/c he also said "this is not a hard case, they should be able to figure it out"

    After court I treated myself to the Goodwill Bins that is up there. It is so small, but I surprised myself with finding 25lbs of stuff! They charge by the pound there $2.79 (In Sacramento it is only $1.59 lb) but I got good stuff and it was worth the trip. I also had to drop off the $$$ for the demo. I was telling DH it is interesting that I know more people with COVID right now (3) than I have known the entire pandemic! My contractor is one of them so I did a porch drop off and ran back to my car and he came out and got it. I got back home by 3pm and was so hungry, I had been living off of trail mix and candy corn. I somehow managed to eat all my calories and then go over between then and bed time Ugh.

    No running this week. I did find it interesting I was not tired yesterday when I got home. Makes me wonder if I am tired from work (or lack of). I am going to try and move around more at work and take walks.

    Tracking calories again today. I have been lazy to try and add stuff I don't know (recipes). Weight has gone down a bit, but nothing to write home about. My weight smoothing app says I have gained 1.3lbs in 7 days but lost .4lbs since I started 1 month ago.

    DH has friend visiting this weekend so this afternoon we need to clean, nothing like forcing us to actually unpack like a visitor!

    Have a great weekend!



  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    @CMorning99 I know all of that legal stuff and court appearances has to be hard. I can't even imagine. Big hugs to you. I thought it was funny that company was forcing you to unpack. I only do a deep clean of the house when my step-daughter's family comes for a visit. LOL It forces me to do it at least once a year. I love a clean house, but hate cleaning. Therefore, it usually looks like it does now - a disaster.

    My weight is up way more than I want to admit. I keep telling myself that at least part of it is water weight, but when it stays up for over 2 weeks..... I think it is time to admit that it is real weight. I just haven't had the time, energy, or health for a lot of exercise, there have been lots of big meals and leftovers, and I am stress eating. I'm hoping that I can get myself back on track, but I'm not going to try real hard until after Christmas. This is a hard month, with the first anniversary of dad's death being on the 16th. I WILL get there, just not this month.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    We are way north in CA and visited the Humboldt Redwoods State Park today. It was cold (for us) but we had fun hiking and seeing the huge amazing trees. Dh even joined us to hike one of the loops and Dd caught this picture of me that was really fun 😊. It was gloriously beautiful and so quiet!
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    I am hoping to get in a 6.6mi run for my birthday in the morning but it is supposed to be in the 30's 😳 and ia really don't have the clothes for that. It may have to wait until we get home or maybe on Tuesday when we are heading back down the coast.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    That's a very cool picture @shanaber ! Glad you are enjoying your trip.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    My weight was down over half a pound from yesterday. I was very surprised since dinner last night consisted of Ruffles potato chips and 8 oz of French Onion Dip. :astonished:
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Are any of you friends with @HonuNui? They are having some horrendous rain in Hawaii and I am hoping she and her dh are safe and all is ok with them. I know they are on the Big Island and the news was focused on Oahu where there was extensive flooding but I think all the islands were hit.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    shanaber wrote: »
    Are any of you friends with @HonuNui? They are having some horrendous rain in Hawaii and I am hoping she and her dh are safe and all is ok with them. I know they are on the Big Island and the news was focused on Oahu where there was extensive flooding but I think all the islands were hit.

    On the run the year challenge activities I see she ran on the treadmill on the 7th.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning folks!

    @quilteryoyo I hope your anniversary passes peacefully. I just let the day pass as it wanted and did not make any demands on myself or time.

    The weekend went really well with our visitor, we got to show her around and see some new things ourselves. We obviously did not get any work done. On her last day here (yesterday) she came down with a head cold, ugh. DH and I are hoping we don't catch it. Today I have one of those weird zings on one side of my nose that keeps hitting the sneeze button.

    I had a realtor come out to the property (one of mom's friends), she was showing some lots near me that some folks bought about a year ago. They bought 15 acres and I think it had 5 plots. Of the 15 acres I would say there may be 3 that are flat and usable. The guy who bought it went out there and graded some flat-ish areas (they are on the side of a hill) himself (I googled him, he is a motivational speaker) and is trying to sell the other lots now. They have two 2.5 acre lots with 1 acre "flat" with full ocean view that they are trying to sell for $900K EACH! They have a shared well with minimum water output and no other utilities and obviously no house. And they are right above a 2 lane highway. They have one 2.5 acre lot on the back side with no ocean view, same situation, that they are asking $500K for. We are watching those carefully b/c it will affect my price in the future when I can finally sell. Currently the market supports $550K for my land with a probably bidding war. I just don't know who would buy that land for that price and they are such crappy plots and IDK what builder in his right mind would take on that project.

    Didn't bother weighing myself this week after we ate out for 4 straight days. I had 1 weird day where at 7 pm I got so tired, like cross-eyed, head spinning, pure exhaustion. I just crawled into bed and slept for 13 hours and woke up feeling fine. I am thinking of loading the Garmin "get back in shape" plan on my watch.

    Couple to-do's today. Get rental unit insured. I had to cancel mom's policy and start my own. And I need to call AGAIN about moving that mobile home.

    DH is dragging his feet on the Tesla stuff. I am wondering if he is not really interested.

  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    @shanaber Thanks for thinking of us: Lots of rain but not catastrophic here as on Oahu and Kauai. DH is on mainland visiting mom so snowbird Henry and I are obsessively checking the battery power/need to run generator.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    I'm glad to see that @HonuNui was okay as of yesterday.

    @CMorning99 Sounds like things are progressing. The guy with the property sounds like he is trying to get a lot more for it than it is worth. I guess he's hoping the full ocean view is a good selling point. Hope you don't get sick from your visitor. I didn't know Garmin had a "get back into shape" plan. I may need to look that up. LOL
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    I'm still recovering from my accidental gluten eating on Thanksgiving. Mostly fatigue and depression. My run this morning was hard. I had 16x200 and I was supposed to run the recovery part but after 5 just walked them. Then my cool down went from 1.5 miles to .5 mile. My body was like nope, go home, drink some coffee. So I did.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @HonuNui - I am so glad you are all ok! I hope it stays away from you!

    @CMorning99 - those prices seem crazy but people are willing to pay a lot for a 'view' of the ocean, sometimes even just for the idea there could be a view, maybe...

    @RunsOnEspresso - I hope you can clear the gluten soon and get back to normal!

    I haven't run for several days and won't be running tomorrow either. Life gets in the way...
    Food has been better especially now that we are back home. Although I really didn't overeat on our trip. The hotel provided a really nice breakfast and we snacked for lunch (cheese and crackers and fruit) after whatever outing or activity we had for the day, mostly because there weren't many restaurants and even fewer were open. We ended up eating dinner at the hotel all 3 nights (and at friends on our way up and back) and dd and I split salads and an entree because they were huge. It was a lovely trip but boy have I become a wimp with the cold. I really needed to be better prepared with the right clothes.

    We did accept another offer on the house. This one less than asking but higher than some we have seen. It looks like it is going to go forward. Escrow opened yesterday.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,542 Member
    @RunsOnEspresso I hope you feel better soon.

    @shanaber Sounds like you did great with food on your trip. Hope this offer on the house goes through.

    I had a horrible episode with my back last night. All I did was sit on the arm of a chair and stand up. Horrible pain...like worse than any I had earlier. After that, every time I bent at the waist, even a little, I would get a catch and not be able to stand up straight without gritting my teeth and making myself do it no matter how it hurt. This lasted about an hour. I did walk slowly on the treadmill after and it seemed to help some. Iced it last night. It still hurts this morning, but at about a 2, not 9 or 10, so I can deal with that. Mom and I are going Christmas shopping today and then have a party tonight. So, a busy day. Not even going to worry about the food I eat.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning everyone!

    We have a rainy day here and I am loving it! I was late to work b/c I was laying in bed listening to it.

    Had a court update. Judge initially ruled that the case would be turned back over to the public defender but LS's lawyer jumped in and said if that was the case, he was not going to abandon his client and will remain on the case. I assume he is going pro-bono. I don't know what to read between the lines on that one. I have theories. 1) LS is his 2022 tax write-off 2) according to the American Bar it is "highly encouraged" that lawyers provide 50 hrs of pro-bono work to remain in good standing with the Bar 3) Pro-bono work is at the top of a lawyers resume and I guess it does not matter if they win b/c it is more of helping someone 4) Dude is a nice guy? Suspish 5) He has an ace up his sleeve and he thinks he is gonna win and wants the credit 5) He has already milked the family for all the "long hours" of trial prep and the actual trial is his 50 hrs. He also put in a plea to not-guilty. He did still mention that LS was having mental health evaluations and so I guess insanity is still on the table if it pans out for him. Next court date is 4 Jan for a pre-trial conference. I assume that is just like a pre-prelim hearing to check in. Trial date is up in the air due to the court schedule (Kristen Smart case is going to trial) and potential mental health. It could either be this spring or next fall. LS made an effort again to look like the scared little boy. Messy hair and frumpy posture.

    I got all my to-do's done yesterday and meeting with the mobile home guy today. IDK, he works out of like a shack near the property and I hope he is good. My realtor friend gave me his number and I need to look and make sure he is licensed and bonded. My draftsman is still ghosting me. IDK how long I should wait.

    Food was good, I didn't track calories but made better choices and tried to limit the bored eating. I left work early to go for a walk and DH was looking at his retirement stuff and we got sucked into that reading about 401Ks. Do ya'll use a financial planner? We don't have kids and I really worry sometimes of not being able to take care of ourselves at some point and want to make sure we can afford what we need. He started his contributions and his company matches up to 6%.

    I looked at running plans, my heart was not into it.

    Today's to-do is to refill grey cat pain meds and get the paperwork off to the insurance company.

    My sinuses are still a bit weird. Feels like I have a hair or pimple in my nose that just triggers fanatical sneezing and snot. Friend still has her cold...fingers still crossed we dodge it.



  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    I would guess the mental health is more for mitigation reasons than insanity plea. Those are really hard to get. Well, in AZ at least. I can't speak to CA.

    We are supposed to have rain Fri/Sat so probably the stuff you have today.